# Branch Energy

> Branch Energy is a Houston energy company that supplies commercial electricity and installs, owns and operates batteries at qualifying business sites. Its software turns stored power into electricity-market revenue, sharing value with hosts through bill savings and providing short-term outage backup. After launching retail service in Texas in 2021, it announced expansion into Illinois in September 2026.

- **Founded:** 2020
- **Headquarters:** Houston, United States
- **Founders:** Alex Ince-Cushman (Co-founder and CEO), Daniel MacDonald (Co-founder; founding President), Todd Burgess (Co-founder)
- **Products:** Energy+ Battery, Arc, Commercial fixed-rate electricity, Residential electricity
- **Notable:** Launched retail electricity service in Texas in 2021., Reported thousands of clean-energy customer signups by August 2024., Secured three announced equity rounds totaling USD 48.3 million from 2021 through September 2026.

## Products & services

- **Energy+ Battery** — Texas commercial electricity bundled with a Branch-owned, maintained and insured battery; qualifying customers receive an annual battery credit and short-term outage backup.
- **Arc** — Containerized commercial battery system integrating storage, grid equipment, cooling and autonomous cloud controls. Publicly described under this name in September 2026.
- **Commercial fixed-rate electricity** — Electricity supply for Texas businesses that do not choose the battery bundle.
- **Residential electricity** — Residential retail electricity service, which remains linked from the commercial homepage.

## Achievements

- Launched retail electricity service in Texas in 2021.
- Reported thousands of clean-energy customer signups by August 2024.
- Secured three announced equity rounds totaling USD 48.3 million from 2021 through September 2026.
- Announced expansion beyond Texas into Illinois in September 2026.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Announced USD 33 million Series B on September 15 and plans for Illinois expansion with Arc battery systems.
- **2025-02** — CEO described the transition from building a retail platform to financing and installing customer-sited batteries.
- **2024-09** — Announced Energywell licensing and Voltus market-access partnerships.

## Links

- Website: https://branchenergy.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/branch-energy/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/branch_energy
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/BranchEnergy/

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Last updated: 2026-10-03